The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-02
HISTORY OF THE BUsTLE.
The Impetus which Has Borne 1t Through
Successive Stages of Growth

Now. we don't mean the great busi- !
ness hustle which belongs TO the early |
fall aud winter trade. nor the great |
bustie of the hummmg and whirling
marts of manufacturing energy We
mean the great hustle of modern fash
ion.
Nothing has outstripped the hustle IN
its gig ntic stride for prodigious excel
lenee Ii is paradoxical that this ''out-
ward form of fashion. which has never
been literally in front, has still left all
modistic rivals behind.
We can recall when this startlingly
reproductive fruit received the distinct
impetus which has borne it through
successive stages TO the present extraor-
dinary condition of Development The
4 hustle got a wondrous impetus from an
accident and alarm of the war We
have intently observed its onward
march toward immensity for more than
| twenty years; and, now that IT has
/ grown large enough TO comprehend this
commentary. we pay TO It's historic
origin our respectful compliments.
The hustle of the war period in the
south was cut crescent-shaped, was
hand-sewed. and was then padded
through an open end with cotton OF
/ sawdust II was a modest. unobtrusive
hustle in its manners and when proper
ly adjusted was quite invisible to the
wearer and nearly so to tine world
Like certain lunar eclipses, 1t could be
viewed only from very limited area
When Sherman's Christian battalions
were beaten through the backways OF
Georgia and the Carolinas il was
deemed. for prudential reasons. best to
deposit domestic treasure, such as
money and yaluables. where they would
not confront these patriots Ii was not
at first suspected that the soldiers would
appropriate these effects, but 1t was
feared that the gilt bric-a-brac. and
brooch. and bracelet jewelry might at
tract their admiration and impede theil
march by tempting them to stop and
examine the precious wares.
When brought into full relief by pow
erful field lenses it was at last seen tina
Sherman's Christian battalions were al
army of incontinent kleptomaniacs
and that new ingenuities would be il
constant need to escape their keen ant
: acute methods of detecting the secre
, places of hidden treasures
Hiding places were numerous II
truth, but their instincts for stealag
Q were quite as diverse and quite
many.
Q Al this crisis the hustle played a his
: toric part
p Ii became a safe-desposit for imperil
. ed jewelry possessions
Both cotton and sawdust Dustles wer
now brought into a new use. The
a were ripped and rid of their waste
|. and then were rewadded. but this tim
y with small wares and valued gem
" Two abnormal effects followed, the hrs
,e being a disturbance of the symmetr
"a aud gravity of the former hustle, tn
N second being a marked increase in i
PROPORTIONS This made it the mol
ar observable, and this. too. led to j
!. eventual detection by certian of the so
n tiers. which discovery eliminated
"a the theft OF many bustles, together .wii
y; their precious and highly-prized col
.. tents.
,d What was next to do?
Shrewd and resoGrceful maidens soc
fell upon another device. There w
ce continual peril of loss while the bustl
:, were worn in their allotted places upc
y the person, but there was hope of escaI
CT for Them if they could be successful
us concealed elsewhere. But where.
se where? In the house? No! for She
u, man entered with lurid fagots. In t
IN woods? No! for his marauders roost
upon the boughs-
to So the noble women resolved to bu
he their trinkets in the fields The bro
as acres thus became the depository
20 their charms and treasures and t
IL earth covered up Iheir-bustles.
IN See yonder dune where the tassel
l stalk is noddIng to The breeze and y
eaO could hear the rustic of the corn-blad
Well, once you could hear the rustic
in the hustle. See those tiny hills when
to the hopeful germ of the happy potato
M looking toward the sunp Well. tnC
M little hills were once sown broadc;
ort with those beautiful suggestions
are dromedarial architecture known in
yer parlance of worldly fashion as-bl
the ties.
What became of themP